These twelve studies of messianism among Jews and Christians focus primarily on the Herodian period and the New Testament, in the setting of ancient Jewish and early Christian theology. Central themes include messianism in the apocrypha and pseudepigrapha, the historical jesus, the concepts of the Son of man, and much more. The theology of ancient Judaism is discussed with special reference to debate on monotheism and Christology. These studies represent an important and valuable resource for scholars and students of Judaism, Christianity and the world in which Christianity was born.
